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PA k r.l ANI 1;;`: VAR V PAPZ.I REPORT FRoM T7IE 5.'Er.1 , .(. - r COMMITTEE ON THE r)F 'UHF 1,911 - Eit OM)Elvi. T!vt. et Cmlnnittre appointed to inquire into Edllca- lion lit' !h t . Lot; (It is, and to repuit 11.vir I ,, zt-thrr ith of the Ec'oh.m.,. toLen 'oefoee them fr,,n) time to tim,, to the Holise ; :irol who were. instructed to i xtcntl their Ingoiries to tico:lood. I.,cts ci.niidertd Cie matter. to them rift rred, and ,greed up , on the following Report : Ywir Cumiutit , ve rrj.,ice in being aide to stave, that since then firs; appointment in 1816, whit tory examined the stare of the 'Alerviip,lis, there is k very reason tep believe that the excitiot:s of charitable individuals and plohlic bodies have in creased, norwithstand lig I e be , tre 13Isec,Ire of the tl rtes ; and !bat N g , c4t atigment.tinto has token place in the means provided for the itistroc ti"tt of the.roor in that quarter. They pie hap #,y in being able- to ad,f, that the discussion vx cited. by the first iirport, and the argtimettts urged in the committee to vari,tus patriots of ~e ltatities %silo were examined AS witnesses, have tad the salutary effect of improving the admini stration of tlli,e institutions, and inculcating the importance of rather bestowing their funds in Merely educating a larger number, than in giving loth instruction and other assistance to a more , cutifined number of children.' As the manage- Int•tit of those excellent establishments is neces 'l,4rily placed beyond the controul of the Legisla ture, it is only by the efft•c!s of such candid dis t ussions that improvements in them can be ef fected. Since the inquiries of yonr Committee have Seen extended to the whole Island, they have had reason to conclude, that the means of educating the Poor are steadily increasing in all consider able towns, as well as in the metropolis. A dr -col/4r letter has been addressed to all the Clergy in England, Scotland, and Wales, requiring nn ewers to queries, of which a copy ail he found in the Appendix. It is impossible to bestow too Touch commendation upon the alacrity shown by tisos" , "Reverend Persons in complying with this rt-quisit ion ; and the honest zeal which they dis played to promote the great object of universal edncation is truly worthy of the pastors of the people, and the teachers of that Gospel which was yoeached to the poor. Your Committee have lost no time its directing and superintending the work of digesting the va luable information contained in the Returns, ac coitling to a convenient plan, which will put the House in possession of all this infot motion in a tabular form. they have received important as sistance in this, and the other objects of their in (pill, from two Learned Barristers, Mr. Parry mod Mr. Koe, of the Court of Chancery, who have devoted much of their time to the subject. It appears clearly from the Returns, as well as from other sources, that a very great deficiency exists iu thr meaiis of cducatiog the Poor, where ever , he porni,t inn is thin, and scattered over r onniry thatiicts: The efforts Of individuals com bined in s.ocieties ate almost wholly confined to Topnlous.places. Another point to which, is material to direct the at tent ion of Parliament , regards the t wo op posite priticiples, : of fotniting Schools for children of all sorts, a n d for those only who belong to the Established Chi,rch. Where the meaus es 'St of erecting two schools, one upon each pi incipiet education is not checked by the exclusive tddn being adopted in one of them, because the other •may comprehend the children of sectaries. In places where only one school can be supported. it is manifest that any regular t)iis which exclude Dissenters deprive the Poor of that body of all means of education. Ymir Committee, however, have the greatest satisfaction in ob!•erving, that in many schools wLere the national system is adopted, an increas ing degree of liberality prevails, and th:it the Church Catechism is only taught, and attendance at tie established place of public worship only re quired, of those whose parents belong to the Establishment ; due assurance heiog obtained that the children of Sectnrics shall learn the prin ciples-and attend the ordinances of religion, oc cluding to the doctrines and forms to which their families are attached. It is with equal pleasure that your Committee lia%e found reason to conclude that the Roman Catholic poor are anxious to avail themselves of ttio:e Protestant Schools established in their neig. , bourhood,' in which no catechism is taught; and they indolge a hope that the clergy of that persuasion may offer no discouragement ro their attendance, more especially as they appear, in one instance, to have contributed to the support of schools. provided that no catechism was taught, and no religions observances exacted. It is con trary to the doctrine as well as discipline of the Rootish Church to allow any Protestant to inter fere.with those marterS, and consequently it is 'impossible for Rouranists to send their children to any school'where they form part of the plan. Your Committee are happy in being able to state, that in all the returns, and in ail the other. information laid before them, there is the most unq evionable evidence that the anxiety of tire poor fur education continues not only unabated, but daily increasing ; that it extends to every part of the country, and is to he found equally preva- , lent in those smaller towns and country districts, where no ;imams of gratifying it are provided by tl e chatoable efforts of the richer clatses. Lt lititobly suggesting what is fit to he done for prumutiog Universal Education, your Committee nu nut lt.tiitate to state, that two different plans are: advisable, adap/ed to the apposite cirronisran ceo o f the town and country district, Wherever the. efforts of individuals can support the requisite slumber of schools, it would he Ittineet,.ary anti inj irious to interpose any Parliamentary tissi•tauce. B.:t your Committee have clearly ascertained, that in many 'places private subscriptions co,!ld he raised to.. meet the yearly expenses of a school, while the original cost of the undertaking, occa sioned chiefly by the erection and purchast , of the school-house, prevents it from being attempted. Your Committee conceive, that a stint of mo ney tu:ght be well employed in supplying this first want, ieaving the charity of individuals to turnisl. the annual vrov:q 7 orpt retiiigite ror eorcirm,nty, the st*onl, and trray;ha the Advance, Whether !lie cho.dd hr vc.:ted in Corn Inissu7net S, t tutu), e'erl to ttl;ike t hr. fit tel'lllg With rivlte part ie.: fisirons t st3!)li,hioc, sChnok, %O.ether cert3in stun should l•e entrusted to the r‘7.7 ::rea' i , ,stittttillns in Le , nciun t o r promo v.nor Cnunnittee host leave i 0 he terwiat (I by w .don! 1 3 ,4rliamear. _ _ li t th e m o nk -pots okrricra where no aid from pjeare exertims cat' he expected, and where the poor are manifeady adtquate meees of insittiction, Willi Culitlllittec are persoad.d. that molting can supply the thaiciettcy bet the edop tioe. tinder eel talll Meitelitl 111.0tifie4fi , mc, of the Parish school systea), so to-chilly established in the Nuithern part of the Island, ever si ce th e !aut.; p a rt ot the seventeenth century, soil upon welch malty important details will he found in the Appendix. The modifictitions veil) he fliciated principally by :he necessity of attendin4 to the distinciiim already pointed out, heiwe,n districts where pri vate chalky may be expected to tureidi the mcans of edited-tole and those whale Ito such re sOurce can he looked to ; and the Tables subjoin ed to this Report will afford important lights on this subject. It appears tot tier to your Cotnutit. tee, that it may he rail and expedient to assist the parishes where no school-Dowses are erected with the means of providing them, so as only to thr)teT upoe the ittiothitaros the loather) tt paying the schooloraster's salary, which ought certainly not to exceed 241. a year. it smears , to your Com mittee that a *officient supply of schooloiastos may be procured fi•r this sum, Atm ing them the benefits of taking scholars who Cali aff ., Jlll to pay, and permitting them, of course, to occupy their leisure floats in other pursuits. The expense at tending this invaluable system iu Scollami is found to he so very trifling, that it is never made the subject of complaint by any of the landholders. Your Committee fro bear to inquire minutely in what manner this system might tat he connected with the Church establishment. That sock a con nexion ought to be formed appears manifest ; it is dictated by a regard to the prosperit y.and - seahility of both systems, and in Scotland the two are mu tually connected together. But a difficulty arises in England, which is not to be found there. The great body of the Dissenters front the Scottish Church differ little, 'if at all, iu doctrine from the Establishment ; they are separated only by certain opinions of it political lather than a religious na ture, respecting the right of patronage, and by some shades of distinction as to church discipline; so that they may conscientiously send their chil dren to parish schools connected with the Esta blishment, anti teaching it , catechism. In Eng land the case is 'widely difrrent ; and it appears to your Committee essent.ally necessary that this circumstance be carefully considered in devising the arrangements of the system. To place the choice of the schoolmaster in the Parish Vestry, subject to the approbation of the Parson, and the visitation of the Diocesan ; but to provide that the children of sectarians shall not be com pelled to learn any Catechism or attend any Church, other than those of their parents, seems to your Committee the safest path by which the Legislature can hope • to obtain the desirable ob jects of security to the Establishment on the one hand, and justice to the Dissenters on the other. The more tett:tided inquiries of your Committee this Session have amply confirmed the opinion which a more limited investigation had led them to firm t tco years ago, upon the neglect and Abuse ot Charitable Fluids connected with Education. They must refer tO the Appendix end the Tahks, for the very iaportant details of this branch of the subjece; but they must add, that although in many cases thnit large holds appear to have , eeti misapplied throuo ienorance, or mismanaged through cereleasee).9o, yet dint some installers of abt.se have preteottrt theinselvel, of stick a nvure as would liner led - them to recommend tit an ear lier period . of the lirssion the ineitutiou of pro ceedings for more promptly checking miseppro prietions, both in the particular cases and by the force of a salutary etsmple. From the investi gations of the Commission 'shout -to be issued under the authority of an Act of Nrijailicut fi n advantage may be expected ; and though it would not become your Committee to anticipate the measures Which the wisdoin of the Legislatme may adopt in consequence of those inquiries, with a view to provide a speedy and cheaper remedy for the - evil than the ordinaty Tribunals of the country afford ; yet you, Committee failure avoid hoping that the mere repot anti pub) cation of the existing abuses e ill hose a material effect in leatlieg the parties concerned to cut reel them, end that even the •upprehension of the inqu:ry,about to be instituted may in the mean time produce a similar effect. As tht Universities, Public Schools, and Cha rities With specid vbitors, are exempted from the jurisdiction of the Commissioners, y(mir,Coitinik been occupied in examining Several of those Inititutions ; the result of their inquiries will be found in the Appendix. It unquestionably shows, that considerable unauth o riz e d deviations have been made, in both Eton and Winchester, from the original plans of the founders; that those-deviations have been dictated more by a regard to the interests of the Fellows than of the Scholars, who were the main object of the foun dations and of the founder's bounty; and that although in some respects they have proved bene ficial upon the whole to the Institutions, yet that they hare heen, by gradual encroachments in former times, carried too far. While, therefore, your Committee readily acquit the present Fel lowS of all bhme in tries respect, they entertain . a confident expe c t a tion that they will s e iz e th e op portunity afforded by the inquiry, of doing them selves honour by correcting the abuns that have crept in, ..as far a s the real interests of the esta blidrments may appear to require it. If too there should exist similar etr, , rs in the [I , ieersties, which have not been exaMioed, your Committee wiringly flatter themselves ;hat stops n ill he token to correct them, by lke ,‘ 15(1001 and integtity of the highly respectable persons to whose bands the concerns of arose iota: bt.):.:lC6 are committed. YatreCommi:tee are fully persuaded that many peat ne;;li:C7s and abuses exist in Chat i:ies which have _special visitors ; „indpfd it so happens that the went iustance mai& bat, 10 n7 , 1 to tl', class ; ana that no visitatenial uow,r was sereised. until :s few months ago, al though' Ow malversations had - existed- for mai), years. To this subject they thin-140 . re heg leave o request the speedy attention of I'4lNa:tient. It further appears to yunr Committee, that ac the Commi,ision :shout to he issued will he con fined to the investigation of abnses, and as the information in the Paroellial:Rettms is not suffi ciently t•letailed respecting the state of education generally. a Commission should also he issued, either under an act of Parliament, or by means of n Vitt ess to the Crown, for the imrpose of sup phiug this detect. In the course of their inquiries. yrost Committee have incid e ntally observed that charitable fonds, connected with education, are not alone liable to great abases. Equal negligence and malversation appears to have prevailed in all other charities ; and although your Committee have no authority, by their instruction, to investigate die matter, and to report 'upon it, ye t they should deem them selves wanting in tht it ditty were they not to give this notice of so important a subject, accidentally forced upon their attention, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 10. LORD STEWAR I"S' CASE. Sir S. RomILLY said, that a Pethion had been presented within these few• days to his Lordship, pretyin►g that the Master's report might be con firn►ed. He had, howcrrr, s'.rongiy to object to that being done, a• exceptions had been taken to the rs port, and it might be proper to have them discussed first. Mr Housis concei‘ed the usual way was to move that the report he confirmed, sud then af terwards to consider the exceptions. Mr. WALKER (the registrar) said, the practice of the Court was to present a petition for the Master's report being confirmed, and then the party objecting to that could file a counter-pe tition. Sir S. ItomiLLY agreed that that %vas the regu lar course, and that his client would turthwith presenta.,contiter-petition. Mr. HORNE suggested that both petitions might be heard on Friday. Sir S. RomiLLY felt it would he utterly impos sitile for him or his Learned Friends to be pre pared to meet such a discussion that day, espe cially considering the many points which were in volved. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know if Monday would he convenient, for it was very de sirable that the parties should have the case speedily discussed, as it would be for their mutual benefit, but he was willing to give Counsel every kind of accommodation. Sir S. itormAY was afraid it would be impos sible for him to attend, on account of indispensi ble business. The sa►ue was the case with his Learned Friend, Mr. Abercromby, who was to leave town on Monday, in consequence of an event which was about to take place, and which all of them knew. After some further conversation, the LORD CHANCELLOR said, he knew nothing of the facts of the case, except what liad'beeb stated to him in Court, and what he had read in the very volti mitions petition presented to him. He would un dertake to see the Master between to-day and t,t-. morrow morning, and if the agents in the cause would wait On him at two o'clock to-morrow, he would iottom them on what day he should finally hear it. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JUNE 10. OPERA- MOUSEC._-TAYLOR V. WATERS. Sir S. RovuLLY made application to the Court, on the part of Mr. Taylor, that Mr. Waters might be ordered to pay into the Court the sum of 34,0001. by the 20th of this month. The Court was of opinion, that Mr. Waters ought to be obliged to pay 22,000/. only into his hands, and there was a SIMI of upkvimis of 80001. in the shape of debentures, which was an encum brance a the estate, and which ought to be deducted. There were also some further little !SUMS Which ought to be deducted, and which would reduce the 34 0001. to 22,0001. Mr. HART, on the part of Nlr. Waters, prayed that the case might stand over until next seal day, to give his client an opportunity of inspecting the order made , the other day upon the exception to the report. The Court agreed to postpone the ease to that day, observing, that with regard to the question of intesest, it wont] calculate the time from the instant the order was given. A subsequent motion tens made by Sir S. Ho stILLY, that Mr. Waters might be ob:iecd to co stae the premises of the Opera-House to a suffi cient amount in one of the insurance offices. The decision, however, on this pout, a• os postponed until next seal day, with an undersrauding that in the Mean time MI. Waters should be answelahle (or all the risk until the assurance should be ef fected. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 10, The Court .ras occupied 'during the whole dny in mere matters eat form, nece•ss:try to be arrannged previous to the approaching Asmices. The val . :- ous recognizances were continued until the next Term, on the motion of the Attorney-General. A good deal of bustle was occasioned in the neighbourhood of Newington yesterday morning, .by the appearance of *t female in the public road. in a state of nakedness. She assaulted several persons very violently, and broke the windows of various tradesmen. From the pavement in front of the house of Mr. Angers. Walworth, she took up - ii cast lion wheel of considerable weight, and such was her - strtngth, carried it about on bet shoulder, dancing at the same time in the most. frantic mannur. After a lapse of t‘to 'or three hours, she was taken into custody by Jtioty, the corithib'e, and proved to he a Mrs. Pine, of Cottage-place, Wit!worth, vi ho ha's f. r n consi• derable time been in a state nt mental derange ment, and on Tuesday night eluded the vigilance of the persons under wbube case she was placed. LI EU - rENANT FAYERAI AN. I , Alonday afternoon, Livia. FAYFIRMAN, - R h.tlt-pay, who resided in Can:echnt rer l h re t het the !fiver Stour, j V ust above Ringlt -, accompanied by two young Frenel4men• after they had got into the water, the which was running very strong., took the m their depth, and it is snpposed that Mr. FAY' I,il was seized with the Cramp, as he called thole companions for asbistance, which they wer e nth hle to render him, and he su,ik to rise ll° to • tie .d The v ,oung, Frenchmen pi we intimation 0 1 t ,; ( 0 video( to Lieut. Geo. LRPTNE, N• w h h ei e ye sailing down the river in his ho !t, tl"d g g eo' ceeded in getting the body of the t infort"" 9 ,_'` j'fo( prescritte(4.o dein in on sio , re, when the means res oete . , o , the recovery of drowned were by nr. CrtANDLFR, surge l ou, h•tt unhaPP il Y out effect, the hotly having been in the ' c i t . c urr' , neatly 114 if at, hour. The body vas conveYre' the Cock public- house, IVestgat;, where ° :;re ner's Inquest was oft ‘Vednesday „ ° ', l „ - 1e; turned a verdict of Accidental Death• ceased, who arts about 25 years of ag e, : f ; of to be a naive of this country, anda neP u t , - /00$ Col. Font), of th ~e R o y a l E ( Mala' Journal, June 9 ) On Saturday last the remains of the a bove ' le tlemsin were interred in St. Mildred'a yard, Canterbury, with the honours doe Ito rank in the service. The 'body was con" , 101 11 the ground, preceded by the band of th e ,; i Royal Hussars, playing the Dead March it' - lt 'ols Rod a detarhment of that regiment, fr tr' :fint to the rank of a Captain in the Army' to" their arms revvred, and followed hi edl brothers and other relatives of the t' e :ol4 ed, all the Officers of the Navy resi vel in the city and its vicinity, and almo 9t e fo ott Officer, from the lowest to the higitestifirdo in the gatrison. On their arrival at the the funeral service was impressively &P er i ; tis: the Rev. JOHN FRANCIS, after which the consigned to its parent entth, tinder odic ve"" trout part of the detachment which ese i cOn: The whole was solemnly affecting to a lo . r! 1 . 0 111 ,4 1. course of spectators, and the more es r" one of the brothers, whose grief was so (' ( r . 'cer e that lie fainted ere the conclusion of 111-p. niony. CORONER'S INQUEST. ger' DREADFUL ACCIDENT FROM NEGL . of 4 An Inquest was taken on Tuesday nig h , t , o l lil ee flusit LEWIS, Esq., Coroner, at the C" 11 t,% room, St. James's workhouse, Poland-Ojeo 01ai; the body of a many having the appear s e il : beggar, who was killed by the falling 01 , isthe s i' l lately belonging to Messrs. M'liiusey ref ~ a Imam, in Marylebone-street, Golden-tol u " tr belonging to the Commissione r s of the N e The deceased's name was unknown. ke S. Swaine, servant to Mr. Osborne, of Coe a f t er street, Piccadilly, stated, th a t on Moil (111 , 1 , of ; noon, he heard a great noise like the ( a lb % ntris of buildings as he was sta ntlin%,:l l ‘ master's door, and, on looking int o in ti d street, saw that a wail, about 25 feet o il"; had fallen ; he noticed that it was ill a 01° ' di) gserous state for some time, as there W 39 lie - : 1 ;e 1 to prop it up He spoke about week man named Butcher, who is servi ll ' t ' o o9 l e Thompson, the surveyor, about the dartgel;.oo'll tuatinn of the wall, and be said, " Let 4 ;11 1 1 be for he could not do any thing a l e fir o l orders. lie now ran to the spot where had stood, and heard the groaning o f t a ,0 at§ t i underneath the ruins ; he and other P e " t n olc away the rubbish as fast as possible, aq 01/P deceased nut in a most maugled eoudit ia " l ft rently lifeless. sti ce Mr. Francis Limbert, of 12, Coven tike ' ; stated, that be was passing rite building s (4 6 0 ,' day afternoon. about three o'clock, and . 5 1 0 i.:,; deceased picking bones against the wa ll ' ;wa il , mediately after heard a great crash ; ( 1-9 c ri round, he perceised the wall hada tco ; 01 t o . sistance was used to get the deceased o'''„,fif°l. ruins, but life was extinct : there wer e° • etO lu g to support any _part of the wall. s urf , 111- Air Thomas Alcock, of 4, PiccadillY , f f erat stated, that be-saw the deceased directly " t he P .. 0 . 4, accident ; life was completely e xtinct ; 1 side of the chest and the ribs had be en t , v i t l, l • wards, which was sufficient to causdeaths dict—" Accidental death by the falling °` f • t Deodand 20s. sei lj o si " The Jury cannot return this verdict ; 0 11 04 , censuring the conduct of those pere't : i t s duty ought to have protected time wal l liv es genius state from-interfering with th e t he ! u Majesty's subjects, and they regg e9t ,inn er i jo l Coroner will transmit to the C o nmaO% ta io- 0 ,01 the New street a copy of the depositil t he • 0 1 his ioquest, and earnestly request th s- e 69 1° , 0 '0! cause a strict iove“igati.m to take pla c- o • gr; e iti facts I litrein contained, in order th 4 , r red; a pt punishment may be aw aided against " e d n o tf party than dice province of the Jury w 9 f i r i k o)„ ° ',o l and thereby prevent simiht accidents t he bcoldings limier the cuguizance of A missioners," .........-,—...., -------- a 0 BIRTHS. , f ./. ",; ( ti' On the 9th it:it. at Seven Onnks, the Lan!' - ,00 0— Emi. of Cot arn-street, Russell-Sqtlare, Of a SOLI' / 411 I only a short time. On the loth inn.t. inn Great Ge,nrge slreetn t C itig ° / La,ly .‘nnelia Sophia Di innunotid, of a (15111011er' Wo 0c " 1 ARIIIED• trilf V4 of On Nlontlay last, Isaac Cohen, Esq• Hurt Bliss Myers, eldest daughter of Dr. J. stt ert, Anirrica-square. DIE On Tuesday night, in Man fi e ld-street, —. . ri o f, diughter of ;sir Peter Po'e, agt d 14., ye fi e ltlr s ' - l. On the ;th inst. ut a sudden &cline, at folk, Miss Elizabeth Louisa Got , cl) of Gisl elbs"" te r 1~ , in her 19th year. o w, , 1 ,0 On-Friday last, at Manor House, Old "" dence of John Hudleston, E sq . inthe 6f4tit ► fiti• litut..Colonel Sir Williatu Qs4urne Han' years Governor of Heligoland . ()! "2 9 ' f lif CONIION: Print, d lay J. B. C4II:,ST.VIRS, •J' Ostil,?rid-street, titieen-squa.-e; arid r SCRIPPS, of No. 7, SouthiSf .lton-streelt, " apth ()thee; No. 114, Strand ; where Adeettise Letters, &c. (pust-paisr) must bt atitlres,cd' //`/ I ' ±\ .~ v ~~ • vt,l 4 , s. E . L te , To the re) )4 dr!, • A C _ ae